Bell v. City of Milwaukee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1984-09-04

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CUMMINGS, Chief Judge. The appeals in this extraordinary case present several important issues involving the Reconstruction period civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 , 1983, 1985, and 1986, and their interplay with state law, along with procedural and evidentiary issues. Defendants Thomas Grady, Jr., City of Milwaukee, Howard Johnson, and Edwin Shaffer appeal from the jury verdict…

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